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From: leenewcombe01@blueyonder.co.uk (Liam)
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Subject: Re: spelled/spelt
Date: 21 Jul 2003 03:02:35 -0700
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"Muiris Mag Ualghairg" <muiris@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:<%SGSa.274$rl1.190@newsfep1-gui.server.ntli.net>...
> Which form would be the most likely to be used by a British English Language
> speaker (that is a native of the Uk - that's right excluding speakers from
> Ireland and also excluding Scots speakers but not speakers of Scottish
> English)?
I think there may be some regional variations with the answer to this
one - a lot of my Northern friends would use spelt while my Southern
friends tend to use spelled.
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